Over the past several weeks, a series of misleading news reports have suggested that both MDMA and psilocybin could soon be made ‘legal.’ This reporting aims to dramatize news of an application made by Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) seeking to… Continue Reading →

On the 5th June, an evaluation of the Melbourne Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) was released. The evaluation found that the MSIR was one of the busiest in the world, with over 119 000 visits and an estimated 21-27 lives… Continue Reading →

NT News, renowned for big headlines and little substance, has again not allowed the facts to get in the way of a good story, or in this case, a sensationalist headline. Taken at first sight, the headline ‘Meth heads flourish… Continue Reading →

An individual is filmed overdosing as paramedics respond, and is identified and interviewed immediately upon recovery. Ambulance attendance data about general illicit substances is used by a journalist to imply a 15 percent yearly increase in solely heroin-related attendances. The… Continue Reading →

Here at AOD Media Watch we have a policy of not personally reporting on cases that involve us as individuals, to maintain our integrity. This is an exception because the allegations made against me were THAT serious and I hope… Continue Reading →